PHA News Archive - December 5, 2006

Vol 7, Number 22		December 5, 2006
PHA News is an e-mail newsletter from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association covering PH related topics.

PHA News Editor - Sally Maddox skmaddox@bellsouth.net
Contributing Editors - PHA staff
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PHA News is meant to give a picture of recent events and activities affecting the life
of the PH community. This compilation should not be viewed as endorsement of the
information provided or its accuracy.

		Topics For This Issue
	INCLUDE YOUR PH STORY IN YOUR HOLIDAY CARDS --Circle of Friends Campaign Raises Awareness and Funds for PH PHA 2007 CALENDAR: "WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF HOPE" ON SALE! --Makes a great gift for your family and friends. MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY CARDS SPECIAL THIS YEAR WITH PH HOLIDAY CARDS --The young artists who produced these cards are children diagnosed with PH or their siblings. PHA NEWS SUBSCRIPTIONS AT 5993! HELP US LAUNCH OVER 6000 --Forward this email to a friend NEWS --Pulmonary Hypertension --Anti-Cancer Drug Shows Early Promise in Pulmonary Hypertension --Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Improve from Combination Therapy --Top Scientists Meet for Global Conference on Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases ANNOUNCEMENTS --Check out Awareness Month Highlights on our Website

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INCLUDE YOUR PH STORY IN YOUR HOLIDAY CARDS

Circle of Friends Campaign Raises Awareness and Funds for PH "It is amazing to see how generous the human spirit is when there is a time of need." --Kerry Bardoff on her $30,000 Circle of Friends Campaign Circle of Friends is a letter writing campaign which empowers you to share your PH story with your family and friends while raising money for PHA at the same time. This campaign not only creates awareness, it gives friends and family members an opportunity to show their support by making a donation to PHA in your honor. During this holiday season, when family and friends are brought together in a time of giving and receiving, what better gift to receive than a gift of hope for so many? By including a letter in your holiday cards that tells the story of your experience with PH and requests a donation to PHA in your honor, you will be giving your family and friends the opportunity to experience the true meaning of the holiday season. PHA's Circle of Friends program makes it easy for you to do that. Contact at giving@PHAssociation.org for more information, including sample letters and tips on making your campaign a success!

PHA 2007 CALENDAR: "WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF HOPE" ON SALE!

Something new for the holidays! In addition to the great photos of PHers that illustrate our "community of hope," each month of the PHA 2007 calendar features information on services and programs available from PHA and tips for steps to take when someone is diagnosed. Makes a great gift for your family and friends. Contributors to our End of Year campaign at a level of $25 or higher will receive a free copy of this beautiful calendar. Place your order today while supplies last!

MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY CARDS SPECIAL THIS YEAR WITH PH HOLIDAY CARDS
	You can make your holiday cards extra special this year with our PH holiday cards. The young artists who produced these cards are children diagnosed with PH or their siblings. Purchase your PH holiday cards

PHA NEWS SUBSCRIPTIONS AT 5993! HELP US LAUNCH OVER 6000

Every week we advertise that there are over 5000 PHA News subscribers. Because of the great work of PHers like you we've now reached 5993 subscribers! Help us launch PHA News over the 6000 subscribers mark. Use the "Forward to a Friend" link at the bottom of this email to share PHA News with your fellow PHers, family, and friends. Only with your help can we spread awareness about PH. Not subscribed to this newsletter? Subscribe now!

NEWS

Pulmonary Hypertension It's a disease that can leave you breathless. It can strike at any age but often affects women of child bearing age. About 300 cases are diagnosed each year, but experts believe up to 200,000 people have the disease but don't know it. Read article Anti-Cancer Drug Shows Early Promise in Pulmonary Hypertension A drug used to treat kidney cancer can prevent the development of pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) in rodents, report researchers from the University of Chicago at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Heart Association. There is no curative therapy for this condition. Read article Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Improve from Combination Therapy For patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), adding inhaled iloprost to treatment with bosentan -- two different classes of drugs often used individually to treat PAH -- increases exercise capability, reduces clinical deterioration and, in some cases, improves diagnostic functional class by one stage. Read article Top Scientists Meet for Global Conference on Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases PHACeT Trial: The first "engineered" cell study for patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, presented by Dr. Duncan Stewart. Read article

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Check out Awareness Month Highlights on our Website We have reports from PH Awareness Month activities already. Check out the highlights on our website. If yours isn't there we'd love to hear from you. Let us know what happened and send us any pictures you might have. Send submissions to Katie at Katie@PHAssociation.org. We will continue to put the latest highlights of what's going on in the PH community, well beyond Awareness Month, on our homepage so keep checking back to our website and keep your reports coming! Read AM reports

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